Soldato
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I'd suggest possibly getting another 3 drives and going RAID 0+1 if the motherboard is capable and if you want to spend a bit more cash!
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I'd suggest possibly getting another 3 drives and going RAID 0+1 if the motherboard is capable and if you want to spend a bit more cash!
Soldato
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I thought it was mean laughing at the guy with-out posting my suggestion:
Areas that could save money:
It is known that the q9450 doesnt seem to be that great for overclocking (i think) so could go to the q6600.
You didnt spec a blue-ray drive but thought it would be nice to include one.
Cheaper monitor.
Cheaper Case.
And major oops, power supply, but in all honestly i wasnt sure how much power it needed....so yah savings would be needed for that.
Just realised keyboard is US layout, you can get UK ones. Only chose it cause I like the design, and hence mouse as well to go with it.
Just realised there isnt an OS or speakers included....sorry.
so i made mistakes, but not as bad as the other guy.....as far as iam aware.
Areas that could save money:
It is known that the q9450 doesnt seem to be that great for overclocking (i think) so could go to the q6600.
You didnt spec a blue-ray drive but thought it would be nice to include one.
Cheaper monitor.
Cheaper Case.
And major oops, power supply, but in all honestly i wasnt sure how much power it needed....so yah savings would be needed for that.
Just realised keyboard is US layout, you can get UK ones. Only chose it cause I like the design, and hence mouse as well to go with it.
Just realised there isnt an OS or speakers included....sorry.
so i made mistakes, but not as bad as the other guy.....as far as iam aware.
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Whats the MAIN purpose of the machine?
What type of CAD are you doing? 3D or 2D?
Gaming GFX cards are deliberately not certified for most CAD packages, instead they try to only support the high end CAD ranges like Quattro and FIREGL (Nvidia and ATI respectively).
If it's only light CAD use it probably won't matter but i've noticed hugely better performance on a mid range CAD card than a top of the range gaming card using 3D applications like Solidworks.
Just something to think about.
What type of CAD are you doing? 3D or 2D?
Gaming GFX cards are deliberately not certified for most CAD packages, instead they try to only support the high end CAD ranges like Quattro and FIREGL (Nvidia and ATI respectively).
If it's only light CAD use it probably won't matter but i've noticed hugely better performance on a mid range CAD card than a top of the range gaming card using 3D applications like Solidworks.
Just something to think about.
